Example sentences of "this [was/were] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this were correct the experimenters studying the data from the salt mine should have already discovered seven proton decays . |
| 2 | And he dight himself full gallantly and well , and took with him many knights , both his own and of his kindred and of his friends , and he took also many new arms , and came to Valencia to the King with two hundred of his peers in arms , in festival guise ; and the King went out to meet him , and received him right well , and did him honour ; and at this were all the Counts displeased . |
| 3 | This was all a nightmare from which she must one day awake . |
| 4 | We seemed a million miles from the Weddell Sea and that ice-encrusted vessel , but I had a feeling now that this was all a part of the voyage to come . |
| 5 | She wondered if this was all a dream and soon she would wake up and find they were still at Gatwick waiting to fly out to Palma . |
| 6 | He says , philosophically , that ‘ those engines were prone to signing off even when they were is service ’ , but somehow this was all a bit personal . |
| 7 | This was all a bit sudden , I though you were better . |
| 8 | This was all a veil of illusion . |
| 9 | But , he claimed , this was all a facade . |
| 10 | Perhaps this was all a conspiracy between them … they were trying it out on her first . |
| 11 | Whether or not this was all a move towards a system of ‘ state universities ’ on the American model , was a genuine attempt to provide an alternative and distinctive system , or was a retreat from and a weakening of the Robbins approach to a ‘ unitary ’ system of higher education was to remain a matter of debate at the policy level . |
| 12 | This was all the education that he had . |
| 13 | By now I had almost convinced Rick to change to the boilie when I had another take on the Tropicana ; this was all the convincing he needed as I landed a nice mirror around the 12lb mark . |
| 14 | Now he was trying to get something done in this nightmare , and this was all the thanks he got . |
| 15 | On Saturday night , they had worked hard on their holiday for the sake of the Prince of Wales , and this was all the thanks they got . |
| 16 | She lifted a hand in acknowledgement , and this was all the encouragement he needed to come in . |
| 17 | This fact reminds me of a tale I was told in the States recently whereby President Clinton and his wife Hilary and Major Kay drove into a garage , quite why this was necessary the tale does not relate , as the petrol or gas attendant began to fill up the limousine , Hilary Clinton leaped out of the car and became involved in an animated conversation with the petrol attendant . |
| 18 | This was such a success that now , as she writes : ‘ I run my own design business mainly designing kitchens in appropriate styles for period properties , my most challenging having been a ‘ Gothic ’ kitchen … |
| 19 | As part of the fund-raising effort , the Scottish Bridge Union ran a National Spring Swiss Teams and this was such a success that it was repeated this year . |
| 20 | This was such a case . |
| 21 | Occasionally , and this was such an occasion , Elisabeth Danziger experienced a feeling of disorientation so powerful as to render her environment totally unfamiliar . |
| 22 | Soon after this was complete a spur line from Stratford to wharves at Bow Creek , extended to North Woolwich , was added . |
| 23 | This huge increase should have allayed the peasants ' suspicions of the new regime , but this was hot the case . |
| 24 | This was double the deficit forecast by the Socialist government last autumn . |